Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Decapodiformes > Order Oegopsida > Family Ommastrephidae > Genus Sthenoteuthis

Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sthenoteuthis*	Verrill, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ommastrephes pteropus*	Steensrup, 1855	basionym
*Architeuthis megaptera*	Verrill, 1878	synonym
*Ommastrephes pteropus*	Steensrup, 1855	synonym
*Ommatostrephes pteropus*	Steenstrup, 1855	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: orangeback flying squid; orangeback squid

Literature

basis of record	Dunning M.C. (1998) A review of the systematics, distribution, and biology of arrow squids genera Ommastrephes Orbigny, 1835, Sthenoteuthis Verrill, 1880, and Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927 (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae). Pp. 425-433, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599.
additional source	Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Sthenoteuthis pteropus (Steenstrup, 1855). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140623